 | VIDEO: Alleged Bomber of USS Cole Faces Judge After 10 Years Confinement
After a decade of confinement following the tragic bombing of the USS Cole warship in October of 2000, Saudi-born terror suspect Abd al-Rahim al-Nashiri faces the courts and the death penalty for the planning and preparations of the attack that took the lives of 17 American sailors and wounded 40 more. Watch the video...
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 | USS Harry S Truman Commander Dies Suddenly
The Commanding officer of the aircraft carrier, USS Harry S Truman, died suddenly Tuesday morning, according to an announcement from the US Navy. The forty nine year-old India born Capt. Tushar R. Tembe had assumed command of the Truman just three months ago. According to Naval air Force Atlantic, Tembe was...
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 | China Blasts ConocoPhillips for Negligence in Recent Oil Spills
The State Oceanic Administration of China stated on Friday that it was negligence by a ConocoPhillips subsidiary which caused the recent string of oil leaks and spills in China’s Bohai Bay. The SOA released a statement following investigations that found there were serious shortcomings in ConocoPhillips China’s...
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 | Exxon Mobil Creates Green U.S. Recycling Jobs, Decides Not to Dump Old Tanker
Instead of sending their defunct tanker to the infamous ship-scrapping beaches of South Asia, Exxon Mobil and wholly owned subsidiary SeaRiver Maritime, recently completed the sale of the S/R Wilmington, a 1984 built tanker, to a U.S. ship recycling facility, where it will be dismantled by a skilled workforce, using advanced technologies...
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 | This Week's Editorials
In case you missed it, here are this week's editorials from Maritime Executive's Editor-in-chief, Tony Munoz, Nishant Pillar, Direct of Cargo and Port Security of Unisys and Michael Goldsmith, CEO of Global Defense Solutions. Occupy MARAD! By Tony Munoz, Editor-in-Chief...
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 | Senate Committee Approves Provision to Improve Jones Act Waiver Process
The Senate Commerce Science and Transportation Committee approved on November 2, 2011 language in S. 1430, the Maritime Administration Act for Fiscal Year 2012, that would require the Maritime Administration to certify that it is not possible to "use a United States flag vessel or United States flag vessels collectively to meet...
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 | Five Acts of Seafarer Heroism Honored at AOTOS Event
Five separate episodes of heroism and bravery on the high seas were recognized at the 42nd annual United Seamen's Service Admiral of the Ocean Sea (AOTOS) dinner. The AOTOS event itself honored James L. Henry, Chairman and President of the Transportation Institute; General Duncan J. McNabb, USAF, former Commander, U.S. Transportation...
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 | ClassNK Earns Authorization From Norwegian Flag
The Government of Norway officially recognized ClassNK as its newest Recognized Organization (RO) at a special signing ceremony held at the Royal Norwegian Embassy in Tokyo on 8 November 2011. Deputy Minister Rikke Lind of Norway’s Ministry of Trade and Industry, and ClassNK Chairman & President Noboru Ueda signed the agreement,...
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 | Piracy Centers Expand Information Network
The piracy information-sharing infrastructure covering Asia and the Indian Ocean has been significantly enhanced with the signing on 11 November 2011 of an important agreement in Singapore. The agreement, signed by the three Information Sharing Centres (ISCs) set up under the IMO-led Djibouti Code of Conduct and the...
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 | Maine Maritime Academy to Honor its Best and Brightest
Maine Maritime Academy will honor its best and brightest at a ceremony to be held on the college campus later this week. The college will formally recognize student academic success and outstanding faculty at its annual Celebration of Achievement on Thursday, Nov. 10. In total, 24 individuals associated with the college will be recognized...
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 | Donjon Names Paul Hankins VP of Operations - Salvage Division
Donjon Marine, Co., Inc., a global marine services provider based in New Jersey, announced that Paul Hankins, formerly President of Donjon-SMIT, LLC, has joined Donjon as Vice President of Operations-Salvage & Engineering Division. Mr. Hankins’ primary duties will involve Donjon’s U.S. Navy Salvage Services Contract,...
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 | Amarcon Celebrates at Europort 2011
The Dutch routing and decision support software-provider Amarcon, has recieved the ISO9001 certficate on Thursday the 10th of November during the Europort exhibtion in Ahoy Rotterdam. During a festive celebration, the certificate was handed out to managing director Leon Adegeest from Amarcon by members of the staff from auditor...
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 | Successful Safety Management / Internal Auditing at MITAGS-PMI
Given the wonderful response of our previous course offerings, MITAGS and PMI have added the following workshops conducted by Dione Lee of QSE Solutions: Safety Management Systems - A Practical Primer |
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